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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

10,000 Birds

As I am already familiar with CL Companion, ELs and NLs, as well as the ATS/STX scopes, now I had a chance to try those toys I am not familiar with, such as hunting EL Range binoculars with built-in electronics telling the user the distance and an azimuth angle (interesting, but I still prefer my binoculars without batteries).

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Only for Dogs and Birders – Kalamas Delta, Greece

10,000 Birds

Soon I find two Common Greenshanks , several Common Moorhens , some smallish dabbling ducks turning from eclipse into winter plumage – Garganeys and one, no, two Common Snipes in the same party, posing for a long time, showing those enormous beaks. I reach for my camera, only to realise that the batteries were flat.

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